How do I add stillborn or miscarried infants in Family Tree?

To add information about a stillborn child, enter the child’s name, sex, birth information, and death information into Family Tree. Then add the stillborn event to the profile. If the child lived a short time after birth, enter the birth and death information. Do not add the stillborn event. A miscarriage can be added as a custom event.

If the child was never named, or the name was not recorded, do one of the following:

• Leave the child’s first name blank. Enter the father’s last name.
• If you do not know the father’s last name but know the mother’s, enter her last name.
• If you do not know either the father’s or mother’s last name, enter a question mark (?) as the child’s first name. Leave the last name blank.

Steps (website)

1. Sign in to FamilySearch
2. Click Family Tree and then Tree.
3. As needed, navigate to the person page of a parent of the stillborn child, and add the child's name to the family.
4. Bring up the child's person page.
5. Click Details.
6. Scroll to the Other Information section.
7. Click + Add Event.
8. Click Stillborn.
9. Enter the information and a reason that you feel it is correct.
10. Click Save.

Steps (Apple iOS or Android Family Tree mobile app)

1. In the Family Tree mobile app, as needed, add the child to the family.
2. Bring up the Person page of the stillborn child. 
3. Tap Details.
4. Tap +.
5. Tap Stillborn.
6. Enter the information and a reason that you feel it is correct.
7. In the upper right portion of the screen, tap Save.

Steps (Family Tree Lite)

Family Tree Lite does not allow you to indicate that a child died before birth. As an alternative, use the web version of Family Tree or the mobile app for iOS and Android.

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